A landmark in American fiction, Light in August explores Faulkner's central theme: the nature of evil. Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perverted God-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable that he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. Yet after the sacrifice, there is new l...(展开全部)

Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white. Faulkner makes of Joe's tragedy a powerful indictment of racism; at the same time Joe's life is a study of the divided self and becomes a symbol of 20th century man.

A landmark in American fiction, Light in August explores Faulkner's central theme: the nature of evil. Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perverted God-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable that he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. Yet after the sacrifice, there is new l...(展开全部)

Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white. Faulkner makes of Joe's tragedy a powerful indictment of racism; at the same time Joe's life is a study of the divided self and becomes a symbol of 20th century man.

威廉•福克纳（1897—1962），美国文学史上最具影响力的作家之一，意识流文学在美国的代表人物，1949年诺贝尔文学奖得主，瑞典学院对他的评价是：“他对当代美国小说做出了强有力和艺术上无与伦比的贡献。”

威廉•福克纳（1897—1962），美国文学史上最具影响力的作家之一，意识流文学在美国的代表人物，1949年诺贝尔文学奖得主，瑞典学院对他的评价是：“他对当代美国小说做出了强有力和艺术上无与伦比的贡献。”

Explaining the world of William Faulkner's "Light in August" is the primary goal of this glossary. Like other books in this series, it explains, identifies, and comments on many elements that a reader may find unfamiliar or difficult. These include the basic features of Faulkner's fictional town of Jefferson and Yoknapatawpha County, colloquialisms, dialects, folk customs and s...(展开全部)

《八月之光》是美国作家威廉•福克纳创作的长篇小说，也是其代表作之一。在作家营造的“约克纳帕塔法世系”中占有重要位置。小说通过杰弗生镇十天的社会生活的描述，揭示了几个主要人特的一生及其三代家史，体现了人类“心灵深处的亘古至今的真实情感、爱情、同情，自豪、怜悯之心和牺牲精神”，表明了作家反对种族偏见和宗教偏见的态度。此电子书为全英文版。

《八月之光》是美国作家威廉•福克纳创作的长篇小说，也是其代表作之一。在作家营造的“约克纳帕塔法世系”中占有重要位置。小说通过杰弗生镇十天的社会生活的描述，揭示了几个主要人特的一生及其三代家史，体现了人类“心灵深处的亘古至今的真实情感、爱情、同情，自豪、怜悯之心和牺牲精神”，表明了作家反对种族偏见和宗教偏见的态度。此电子书为全英文版。

A lively account of the 1936 Olympics told through the voices and stories of those who witnessed it, from an award-winning historian and biographer Berlin 1936 takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympiad, describing the events in the German capital through the eyes of a select cast of characters--Nazi leaders and foreign diplomats, sportsmen and journalists, write...(展开全部)